README.md

Saumon ><>

Lox language implemented in OCaml.

Goals

• Learn about compiler front ends and interpreters.
• Play and learn with OCaml and its ecosystem. Note, this implementation diverge slightly from the book ; OCaml idiomatic code is quite different from Java (used for the original implementation).
• Keep the same learning philosophy as in the book: abstain of using tools like Lex or Yacc and do "everything by hand".

Build and tests

Build with Dune:

$ dune build @install
$ dune exec saumon

Install with Opam:

$ # cd project/root/folder
$ opam install .

Test with:

$ dune runtest

Usage

To use saumon in interactive mode, simply run:

$ saumon

To interpret a file, use:

$ saumon <filename>

Continuous Integration

Travis CI: https://travis-ci.org/ludwigpacifici/saumon

Progress

• A Tree-Walk Interpreter: https://github.com/ludwigpacifici/saumon/projects/1
• A Bytecode Virtual Machine: https://github.com/ludwigpacifici/saumon/projects/2

Acknowledgments

1. Designed by Bob Nystrom, A handbook for making programming languages.
2. Inspired by Rulox.

License

See LICENSE.